Home People John Reed John Reed movies John Reed movies John Reed Movies (7) Red Bells Part II: I Saw the Birth of a New World (1983) As Writer. He was 95 years old Red Bells Part I: Mexico on Fire (1982) As Book. He was 94 years old I am the Very Model of a Modern Major General (1974) As The Modern Major General (voice) (archive footage). He was 86 years old When I Went to the Bar (1973) As Lord Chancellor (archive footage) (uncredited). He was 85 years old Reed: Insurgent Mexico (1973) As Book. He was 85 years old The Mikado (1967) As Ko-Ko. He was 79 years old October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (1928) As Book. He was 41 years old